Workers clean the big Euro sculpture in front of the former European Central Bank headquarters in Frankfurt, July 9. The sculpture is being given its first overhaul after 13 years, coinciding with the aftermath of the Greek referendum that might lead to the first exit of a country from the 19-nation currency.
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Resting in the Rain
A sculpture by British artist Sean Henry at the Hessenpark open air museum on a rainy day in Neu-Anspach, some 25 kms (15 mls) north of Frankfurt, Mar. 29.
My new Hairdo
Went to the hairdresser today and took this selfie afterwards.
(Taken in Kaiserslauten, some 120 kms (72 mls) southwest of Frankfurt, Jan.28)
Goethe’s Laurel Wreath
The bronze statue of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe with its laurel wreath at Goethe square in Frankfurt, Jan.28. The German writer, poet, polymath, etc. was born in Frankfurt in 1749. The Goethe House and the Goethe Museum can be visited on the site of his birthplace.
Old African Sculpture
A terracotta head that was created between 800 and 400 BC is exhibited in front of a Roman replica of a Greek sculpture (200 BC) at an exhibition of African Nok sculpture at the Liebieghaus museum in Frankfurt, Oct.29. When Egypt, Greece and Rome blossomed during the 2nd and 1st millenium BC the Nok culture (1500 to 0 BC) existed in West Africa in what is now Nigeria.
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